Blizzard Reiterates StarCraft II Aims

StarCraft II lead producer Chris Sigaty reiterated the company's goal to ship StarCraft II Terrans: Wings of Liberty this year. He said this via videoconference to a Swedish audience attending the Dreamhack Summer 2009 gaming festival this week.

"We're saying that we're targeting to release the game this year," Sigaty said. However, he threw in the standard caveat that the situation could change depending on development. "We're not going to ship the game until it's ready," he added. Sigaty also said that the upcoming multiplayer beta test for the game is very near.

StarCraft II has been in development for years, though the company announced the game's existence in 2007. Last year, it revealed that it was splitting the sequel into three parts, with the first chapter covering the humans, or Terran. The company hinted recently that StarCraft II Terrans would ship before year's end.